Drosera margaritacea is a species of sundew endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It was first described by Thilo Krueger and Andreas Fleischmann in 2021.[1] Like other members of Drosera sect. Arachnopus it is an annual therophyte.[2]
| Drosera margaritacea | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Droseraceae |
| Genus: | Drosera |
| Subgenus: | Drosera subg. Drosera |
| Section: | Drosera sect. Arachnopus |
| Species: | D. margaritacea
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| Binomial name | |
| Drosera margaritacea | |
The specific epithet margaritacea is from the Latin margaritaceus meaning 'pearly / pearl-bearing'. This refers to the unique milky-white stalked mucilage glands found on the short petiole of this species, and also to a rounded swelling at the tip of the anther connective.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Drosera margaritacea". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ Fleischmann, Andreas; Cross, Adam; Gibson, Robert; Gonella, Paulo; Dixon, Kingsley (2018). Systematics and taxonomy of Droseraceae. In: Carnivorous Plants: Physiology, ecology and evolution. Oxford University Press. pp. 45–57. ISBN 9780198779841. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
- ^ Krueger, Thilo; Fleischmann, Andreas (2021). "A new species of Drosera section Arachnopus (Droseraceae) from the western Kimberley, Australia, and amendments to the range and circumscription of Drosera finlaysoniana". Phytotaxa. 501 (1): 56–84. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.501.1.2. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
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